TARANTINO FILMED BROLIN’S AUDITION

(That’s Quentin, explaining what Top Gun is really about in Rogery Avery’s Sleep With Me – thanks to Simon with the assist)

Josh Brolin said recently that when he wanted to audition for No Country for Old Men, he got Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez, whom he was working with on Grindhouse at the time, to shoot his audition tape.

What ended up happening is that me, Robert and Quentin created an audition tape on a Genesis camera. Basically, we had the best-looking audition tape in the history of audition tapes, but the Coen brothers saw it and they didn’t like it so they said no.

Bummer. But then later, Brolin says, "I met them in a very frustrated moment of not being able to find a guy for the part. It was the last meeting they were taking before they were going to hire a particular actor. After that meeting I got the part." One can only assume the "particular actor" was Nic Cage?

It kind of reminds me of how I met my girlfriend. She was very frustrated about not being able to get a greencard, but then she met me. Now she lives in my basement and I’m wearing this beautiful sweater. Love is a battlefield, my friends. <3 (No Country opens November 21st)

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Is it just me or did they get the last line wrong? I’m sure it’s "you can be my wingman any time." "bullshit, you can be mine." I’m fucking sure.

By: Nominus

10.16.2007 @ 8:19 AM

NoNoNo "What ended up happening is thatRobert, Quentin and Icreated an audition…"

By: Abba Zabba

10.16.2007 @ 8:40 AM

i’d have a sword fight with tarantino any day (no homo)

By: Vince

10.16.2007 @ 8:43 AM

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By: Biquini Steve

10.16.2007 @ 8:46 AM

Ahhh, another day, another post lacking either hot chicks or Birfday Dawg.

By: Fek'lhr

10.16.2007 @ 9:29 AM

The Mighty Fek’lhr assumes Quentin occasionally tries to pass himself off as birfday dog a hot chick.

By: The Kurgan

10.16.2007 @ 10:41 AM

I’m in negotiations with Robert Rodriguez to direct my solo amatuer porn stuff. Only because i know he can work for cheap and i love his quick editing style. It’ll work great for me since i usually ending shooting a load in my eye and it burns so bad i end up doing pratfalls trying to find a towel. I’d rather leave that out of possible, you know?

By: grifpo

10.16.2007 @ 3:14 PM

Roger Avery wasn’t involved in making Sleep With Me. Though he was involved with everyone’s favorite pile, Beowulf, as exec producer.